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I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!

I made 'Rio Bravo' with John Wayne. It worked out pretty well and we both liked it, so a few years later we decided to make it again. Worked out pretty good that time, too.

From Howard Hawks

If you want to make pictures and enjoy making them, you better go out and make something that a lot of people want to see. And then they'll turn you lose and let you make what you want. And then maybe you can do some of the things that you want to do. But as a beginner, you haven't got a chance.

From Howard Hawks

There's action only if there is danger.

From Howard Hawks

A good movie is three good scenes and no bad scenes.

From Howard Hawks

I get a little sick of these New Yorkers who want me to make some psychic thing, like 'The Left-Handed Gun.' They don't know anything about Western history.

From Howard Hawks

I think girls who insult people are very attractive.

From Howard Hawks

Too many actors try to get too much out of scenes that they ought to be leaving alone, just doing them quickly and getting the hell out.

From Howard Hawks

I have a theory that the only way you can be any good is if the camera likes you. If the camera doesn't like you, you are gone.

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I guarantee you that two directors that are any good can take the same story, change the name of the characters, change the name of the town, and make an entirely different picture.

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Howard Hawks

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